21 Aug
2015
21 Aug
'15
10:20 p.m.
The Fuji, like a lot of drives from that era, handle
only 1600 and 6250
densities, so if you need 800 or 3200, you'll be out of luck. I've
also got a couple of Qualstar open-reel units and well as an Overland
streamer. I still like the Fuji best.
Chuck,
As I am more interested in working with the tech and not reading a particular format the
lack of support for other formats is okay. I would install mine in an IBM rack I have w/
some IBM 7532s and a bank leased line modems in it. I have to wait and see if I can find a
good price on them. I've seen the Qualstar and Overland in the back of PC Magazine
ads. They just don't seem as well built. When I look at them I get the feeling they
were built for a finite number of years - enough for a company to migrate their data and
that was it. I could be wrong but they seem to be all plastic units vs. the rugged
construction on the HPs, or the Fujitsus. Heck even the Cipher desktops and the IBM 9438
look more solid than those guys.